Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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Forensic scientists can determine a person's sex, age, and race by examining a single strand of hair.
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Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze.
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Termites are being researched as a possible renewable energy source as they can produce up to 2 litres of hydrogen from ingesting a single sheet of paper, making them one of the planet’s most efficient bioreactors.
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Stephen Hawking once tried to find potential time travellers by throwing a party and only sending out invitations after the party.
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Most dust particles in your house come from dead skin.
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Each day is longer than the previous on by 0.00000002 seconds which is 13 seconds each century!
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